Condenser for radiators



CONDENSER FOR RADIATORS Filed Oct. 30 1922 IN VEN TOR.

Reg 120L016 Patented Apr. 6, 1926.

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stars EFT CONDENSER FOR RADIATORS.

Application filed October 30, 1922. Serial No. 597,807.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVILLIAM REYNOLDS, a citizen ofthe Jnited States, residing at Marysville, county of Yuba, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Condensers for Radiators; and I do declare'the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relate to improvements in means for preventing or lessening the boiling and overflowing of the cooling water from the radiators of automobiles, tractors, and water-cooled motor vehicles generally, this boiling and the consequent overflow and depletion of the water supply being very prevalent in hot weather, and when the engine is doing heavy work, as in climbing a long grade.

The principal object of myinvention is to provide a device by means of which, with the forward movement of the vehi cle, a continuous flow of relatively cool air will be induced through the overflow or vent pipe of the radiator, acting of course to condense any steam forming on top of the water adjacent said pipe, before it can escape therethrough, and thus preventing the depletion of the supply, besides keeping it cooler than is otherwise the case.

Another object is to provide a device for the purpose which is in the form of an attachment readily applicable to the radiator cap of any motor vehicle, making a hole in said cap being the only thing necessary to be done for the installation of the device. I

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Fig. l is an elevation of the device itself, substantially full size.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, showing it as installed in connection with a radiator.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes a radiator having a fillertube 2, into which projects the open upper end of the usual overflow and vent-pipe 3, thetube being covered as is customary by the removable cap 4.

My cooling attachment comprises a hollow body 5 of suitable size, and preferably of curved and symmetrical outline extending down from the lower end of which is a threaded stem or nipple 6 adapted to be screwed into the cap 4 and then providing communication between the tube 2 and the interior of the body 1.

The body 5 is provided with a plurality of orifices 7 preferably positioned in a common horizontal plane substantially central of the height of the body; the body adjacent said plane however being vertical so that theoriflces will be vertically disposed.

This arrangement of the orifices. not only gives the best draft with the horizontally directed wind created by the movement of the vehicle, but prevents any dust and other particles from dropping therethrough and into the body and radiator when the vehicle is stationary.

It will therefore be seen that with the forward movement of the vehicle, an up-- ward draft is induced through the vent-pipe 3 and body 5, the lower end of which pipe is of course outside the radiator and open to the atmosphere. This draft or fresh cool air, coming in contact with any steam in or adjacent the tube 2, which is then in effect a steam-dome, causes the condensation of such steam, and its return to the radiator proper as water, before it can escape through the vent pipe.

WVith the movement of the vehicle, the air would tend to flow straight through the body between the fore and aft holes 7, which would cause any steam to be drawn from the body with the air, instead of allowing it to remain in the body and condense. I therefore hang a flat vertical vane 8 in the body,

supported from the top thereof as at 9, this 7 vane being disposed transversely of the vehicle and in the plane of the orlfices 7, acting as a battle or air deflector between the longitudinally disposed orifices. This vane does not prev'ent a tree circulation of air in the body, but does restrict n too-tree flow directly from iront to back thereof, which would be detriinentzil.

The ten however may be omitted, since good results are obtained even without use. 7 i

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such device substantial i'fullills the objects of the invention as set to th herein.

While t'n'f' specilicution sets forth in de-i luil the pi" i and preferred construction of the devicty still in practice such devintions from suclrdetuil nut be resorted to as do not l'orin n dcpnrtuic from the spirit of the invention, as delincd by the appended Cltilill.

Having thus described my invention whnt I claim s new and useful and desire to so cure by Letters Patent is: r

A cooling attachment tor rudiulors comprising a hollow ellipsoidal body huving a lower or'iice arranged for tree connnunic; tion with the interior of the radiator, said body lnivingspaced openings onl in the sides thereof, the axial lines of which openings are. disposed in the horizontal median plane of the body, und :1 vertical bnlile vzinc intersecting such median plane of the openings and adopted lobe located transversely of the vehicle on which the device is inounted, where-0v to irevent a direct current of air llowin" hire-ugh the boil longitudinally ,ol? therehiclc \Yli'll inc movement ot the some.

In tc ftnnoirv whercol l ullix my signature.

IVILLLXM REYXOLDQ. 

